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offrode, and þæs cyninges maniġ-fealde þeġnunga, and wæs
tō þǣm swīþe of·wundrod þæt hēo næfde furþor nānne gāst,
for þǣm þe hēo ne mihte nā furþor smēan. Hēo cwæþ þā
tō þǣm cyninge: 'Sōþ is þæt word þe ic ġe·hīerde on
mīnum earde be þē and be þīnum wīsdōme, ac ic nolde
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ġe·līefan ǣr þǣm þe ic self hit ġe·sāwe. Nū hæbbe ic ā·fandod
þæt mē næs be healfum dǣle þīn mǣrþo ġe·cȳped. Māre
is þīn wīsdōm and þīn weorc þonne se hlīsa wǣre þe ic